Should the Game Spot forums be segregated?

Should they be segregated by age? The reason why I ask this is because there are some kids as young as 12-13 years old on these forums and people that are like in their mid 30's to early 40's on here! That's old enough to be one of parents! I don't think I 13 year should be conversing among people of that age.

Also, as much as OT talks about very MATURE things amongst each other, who knows what can happen… A 13 year old kid can be giving a 38 year old man dating advice:?, or there can be a thread about sex, drugs, and violence and these kids could very well be getting sex tips from guys nearly 3 times their age!!!

What do you OT'ers think?

If what they say does not physically or emotionally hurt you, then no it should not be segregated, who cares how old someone is on a "gaming forum" just my "2c"

if little kids need sex advice on a gaming forum, then obviously their parents are not doing something right.

A 13 year old kid can be giving a 38 year old kid dating advice

Tech-Man08

I :lol:'d

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A 13 year old kid can be giving a 38 year old kid dating advice

skinnypete91

I :lol:'d

Yeah, great way to break up the community. :roll:

As far as I'm concerned, if some kid clicks on a thread that quite clearly warns of mature content, that's his/her responsibility.

Besides, Jandurin would need a forum of his own.:P

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A 13 year old kid can be giving a 38 year old kid dating advice

skinnypete91

I :lol:'d

no they shouldn't, most people on here who get a good amount of posts are about the same maturity level, maybe you should only be callowed on OT if you have 200 posts or moremarkop2003

But then the other boards would get pointless, spammy comments from people going for 200 posts.

nope shouldn't if kids need to ask certain question (like sex advice) than their parents are doing a terrible job. ferrari2001

I think it's reasonable to suggest that most kids would be uncomfortable with asking their parents for sex advice.

No, I don't think so. I'm 14, and I have better grammar and post more constructive comments than many people on these forums.

[QUOTE="markop2003"]no they shouldn't, most people on here who get a good amount of posts are about the same maturity level, maybe you should only be callowed on OT if you have 200 posts or moreFunky_Llama

But then the other boards would get pointless, spammy comments from people going for 200 posts.

but then they'ld get modded for that and have it deleted

nope shouldn't if kids need to ask certain question (like sex advice) than their parents are doing a terrible job. ferrari2001

your parents gave you a lot of sex advice? i just dont understand that statement, what is the connection between the two things?

[QUOTE="ferrari2001"]nope shouldn't if kids need to ask certain question (like sex advice) than their parents are doing a terrible job. foggy666

your parents gave you a lot of sex advice? i just dont understand that statement, what is the connection between the two things?

Well what I mean is if you are 13 and your trying to find best ways to do it, OR your giving advice because you have experiece or because your planning on it later and stuff like that, well that's just bad parenting. 13 yolds should be having sex yet if they are it's obviously because their parents are watching them close enough.

No, I don't think so. I'm 14, and I have better grammar and post more constructive comments than many people on these forums.

bangell99

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No, I don't think so. I'm 14, and I have better grammar and post more constructive comments than many people on these forums.

Erasorn

but constructive comments do relate to it

[QUOTE="Erasorn"][QUOTE="bangell99"]

No, I don't think so. I'm 14, and I have better grammar and post more constructive comments than many people on these forums.

markop2003

but constructive comments do relate to it

[QUOTE="markop2003"][QUOTE="Erasorn"][QUOTE="bangell99"]

No, I don't think so. I'm 14, and I have better grammar and post more constructive comments than many people on these forums.

Erasorn

but constructive comments do relate to it

Whatever you say mate. :P

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[QUOTE="ferrari2001"]nope shouldn't if kids need to ask certain question (like sex advice) than their parents are doing a terrible job. ferrari2001

your parents gave you a lot of sex advice? i just dont understand that statement, what is the connection between the two things?

Well what I mean is if you are 13 and your trying to find best ways to do it, OR your giving advice because you have experiece or because your planning on it later and stuff like that, well that's just bad parenting. 13 yolds should be having sex yet if they are it's obviously because their parents are watching them close enough.

come on you think 13 year olds come to GS forums to get sex advice to improve their sex life? i doubt it.
even if they do i dont think it has anything to do with bad parenting, but im not a parent and have no idea what it is about.
i guess each parent has his own morals he want to give to his child, maybe some parents want their children to be open to this whole topic

no..they should be segragated by stupidity........because I'm polite I'm not even going to say where the TC would be placed...:|

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[QUOTE="markop2003"]no they shouldn't, most people on here who get a good amount of posts are about the same maturity level, maybe you should only be callowed on OT if you have 200 posts or moremarkop2003

But then the other boards would get pointless, spammy comments from people going for 200 posts.

but then they'ld get modded for that and have it deleted

Well, you know, sort of pointless comments. Not obvious enough to delete. Like the ones you see here when they're trying to raise their post counts.

what I want to know is where the hell these threads giving sex advice are?....most I ever see is "should I talk to a girl or hide behind my trapperkeeper" threads......are there some really nasty PMs going on around here?....:?

what I want to know is where the hell these threads giving sex advice are?....most I ever see is "should I talk to a girl or hide behind my trapperkeeper" threads......are there some really nasty PMs going on around here?....:?

Omni-Slash

justice

wouldn't you like to know....lewiscl

...no....my sexay time comes legally...................in most states...

[QUOTE="lewiscl"]wouldn't you like to know....Omni-Slash

...no....my sexay time comes legally...................in most states...

okay.... lol

[QUOTE="lewiscl"]wouldn't you like to know....Omni-Slash

...no....my sexay time comes legally...................in most states...

[QUOTE="lewiscl"]wouldn't you like to know....Omni-Slash

...no....my sexay time comes legally...................in most states...

Politicians need sexay time too. :D

Youre only as old as you act on the internet.

Not a good idea in my opinion. You only need to be 13 to sign up on to Gamespot. By that age, children should be willing to accept and understand that this is a mature forum (and it can be immature).

That said, it's against the code of conduct to link to porn or anything like that, so all yOu have is discussion on the subject or on adult game titles or something like that.

Children can witness a lot more heady stuff on TV.

Am I the only person who thought of the time period of 1865 and 1965 when they saw the title?MattUD1

Not really. When I saw that, I thought of the phrase "separate but equal", which is the crap pro-segregationists used.

Much like America Gamespot should be segregated but it won't happen because people are brainwashed by the media.JohnBasedow

Wow....way to step backwards. :|

No GS doesn't need segregated. The ToU is specific and mods are plentiful. What's the deal with talking to 13 year olders...I have nephews around that age. Should I ignore them?:roll:

[QUOTE="JohnBasedow"]Much like America Gamespot should be segregated but it won't happen because people are brainwashed by the media.LJS9502_basic

Wow....way to step backwards. :|

No GS doesn't need segregated. The ToU is specific and mods are plentiful. What's the deal with talking to 13 year olders...I have nephews around that age. Should I ignore them?:roll: